Miss Anna Tomlinson to Represent City at Tobacco Festival
Miss Anna Tomlinson daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles F Tomlinson of 529 Parkway has been selected by Mayor Grayson to represent High Point at the Tobacco Festival in Wilson August 15 to 18. She will depart shortly before the event and is noted as a popular local graduate. The festival will crown a queen on August 18 and official word of her selection was given by Dr Grayson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Tomlinson
Charles F. Tomlinson
Parkway
C. 8. Grayson
High Point
Wilson
Miss Tomlinson
Grayson
Miss Alice Chandler Hosts Damsels' Clique Evening
Miss Alice Chandler hosted the Damsels' Clique and dates at her Arbordale drive home honoring guest Miss Martha Carter of Weldon. The gathering featured summer floral decor, bingo tables, dancing, and refreshments by Mrs. J. W. Chandler and Mrs. Co. P. Moffitt Jr. Eight couples and several guests attended, with Edgar Hartley Jr and Miss Carter among the receiving line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Chandler
Arbordale Drive
Martha Carter
Weldon
J. W. Chandler
Co. P. Moffitt
Miss Chandler
Church Social at Southside Baptist Lasses Meeting
The Faithful Workers class of Southside Baptist church met Friday at the home of Mrs Irene Everhart on Tate street. Miss Lizzie Jenkins read Scripture and Miss Wilma Everhart led prayer with Miss Callie Dennis in the chair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southside Baptistlass
Southside Baptist Church
Irene Everhart
Tate Street
Lizzie Jenkins
Wilma Everhart
Callie Dennis
Mary Carter
Esther Brown
Parker To Read Play Our Town For Asheboro Club
John W. Parker of UNC will read Thornton Wilder’s Our Town for the Asheboro Business and Professional Woman's club Monday July 25 at 8 p.m. in Park Street school auditorium. Mrs Parker accompanies him. Miss Marian Stedman will introduce the program and a reception will follow. Tickets available from club members or at the door.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asheboro
John W. Parker
High Point
Dramatic Department
University of North Carolina
Our Town
Thornton Wilder
Park Street School
Drama
Marian Stedman
Lillie Bulla
Parker
Blue Bird
Maurice Maeterlinck
Memorial Auditorium
Chapel Hill
Neuman Sowers Vows Announced in Private Ceremony
Announcement of the marriage of Mrs Edna Neuman of Atlanta Georgia to Vernon Reitzel Sowers of Charlotte. The wedding occurred on June 22 1938 in Tallahassee Florida per the notice. Also reports births of a daughter to Mr and Mrs Elwood Beirmeister of Boonton New Jersey and a son Randall Gray Brown to Mr and Mrs Claude Ray Brown in this city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna Neuman
Atlanta, Ga
Vernon Reitzel Sowers
Charlotte
Tallahassee
Fla
Hampton-Ayers Vows Solemnized Friday Of Wide Interest
Miss T Katherine Hampton and Tom Matheson Ayers wed in a noon ceremony at Rev C N Royal’s home with close friends present. The bride wore delft blue moss crepe and pastel accessories. post ceremony they plan a Myrtle Beach trip before settling at 813 West Green Street in High Point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
T. Katherine Hampton
Tom Matheson Ayers
Hartwell
High Point
Rev. C. N. Royal
Mrs. Ayers
Altrusa Club Cancels Tuesday Meeting in July
The Altrusa club announced that the regular meeting scheduled for Tuesday July 26 is canceled. A Greensboro banquet honoring International president Mrs Harriette Quisenberry of El Paso Texas replaced this week’s gathering and a Sheraton dinner for August 9 will be a 730 pm business meeting. Further notices will follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Altrusa Club
Lucile Johnston
Greensboro
Harriette Quisenberry
el Paso
Texas
Sheraton Hotel
Leatrice Lindley Celebrates 16th Birthday Party
Leatrice Zenols Lindley marked her sixteenth birthday at a Archdale home party hosted by Mr and Mrs L F Lindley. Guests included Evelyn Lackey May Williams Geraldine Cagle Della Mae Reid Doris Clinard Ruth Swann Margaret Cook Van Royals Fred Royals Nolan Lowe Jay Hohn Finley Horney De Witt Edwards James Payne Bill Lackey Odell Morris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. F. Lindley
Archdale
Leatrice Zenols
Ruth Laughlin
Geraldine Cagle
Della Mae Reid
Doris Clinard
Ruth Swann
Margaret Cook
Messrs
Van
Fred Royals
Nolan Lowe
Jay Hohn
Finley Horney
de Witt Edwards
James Payne
Bill Lackey
Odell Morris
Ewing Neill Vows Solemnized at Jamestown Church
Mary Ida Ewing became the bride of Thomas F. Neill in a July 17 ceremony at Jamestown Methodist Church officiated by Rev. G W Fink. The couple, now at 325 South Eugene Street Greensboro, plan a motor trip to western North Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamestown Methodist Church
Mary Ida Ewing
Thomas F. Neill
G. W. Fink
Neill
W. EB. Ewing
Greensboro High Point Highway
Sedgefield
Mr. Ewing
Greensboro
Mac
Elks’ Club
North Carolina
South
Eugene Street
Social notes of area residents and visitors
Miss Sarah Webster of Quitman arrives to stay with aunt Mrs. A. B. Caldwell Jr. for ten days. Miss Frances McCrary returns from University of North Carolina summer school. Mrs. M. B. Hall and Miss Patricia Jane Hall come home from a two week trip to New York and the Hudson River. Mrs. Glenn Stagner returns from Nashville after two weeks with her mother in Jamestown. Herman Hunter remains seriously ill at Burrus Memorial hospital. Paul Cates returns from Camp Uwharrie. Miss Mary Powell visits Wrightsville and Carolina beaches before returning to High Point. Mrs. J. W. Potts and Betty Ann Potts extend visit to Washington, D. C. with relatives and Mr. William Stiles. Kathleen and Helen Meredith depart for Kimesville Lake then Alamance to see grandmother. M. L. Carter returns from Greensboro Piedmont Clinic after a little over a week of treatment. Miss Julia Faye Setliff returns from Waynesboro Georgia after three weeks with aunt. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Lindley leave for Bristol Va. to be at Mrs. Lindley’s father bedside. they are joined by Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Sira. Mrs. A. J. Newby is ill at Guilford General Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Stowe of Atlanta visit A. C. Ward. Mrs. Carl W. Nelson at Guilford General Hospital following appendectomy. condition satisfactory. Miss Cora Stansill Long of Rockingham visits aunt Mrs. H. S. Hartzell on Guilford Avenue.
Eastern Star Group To Meet On Tuesday
The High Point chapter 106 Order of the Eastern Star will meet Tuesday at 8 PM in the Masonic hall. This will be the chapter’s regular meeting and the only one held this month, following a new vacation-month schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eastern Star
High Point
Order of the Eastern Star
Masonic Hall
Miss Katharine Hayworth to Wed Wilson H Daveler in Fall
Miss Katharine Hayworth of High Point will marry Wilson Harley Daveler of Chicago and Charleston West Virginia in early fall. The couple's engagement is announced by her parents Mr and Mrs Herbert C Barthmater of 505 Parkway. Hayworth is active in High Point society and the Junior Service League. Daveler, son of Mrs I W Daveler of Chicago, is a University of Illinois graduate and works with the Simmons company in Charleston West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katharine Hayworth
Wilson Harley Daveler
Chicago
Charleston
W. Va
Herbert C. Barthmaier
505 Parkway
Wilson H. Daveler
Katherine Hayworth
I'land
West Va
Herbert C. Barthmater
Miss Hayworth
High Point
Junior Service League
Mise
Hayworth
Salem Academy
Winston-Salem
Martha Washington Seminary
Washington, D. C
Daveler
I. W. Daveler
Ill
St. John’s Military Academy
University of Illinois
Urbana
Chi Pai
Simmons Company
Miss Mildred Winslow Weds Ray Giles at Welch Memorial
A ceremony at Welch Memorial church on Saturday morning August 6 at 9 30 will unite Miss Mildred Winslow of High Point with Ray Giles of this city. Rev J D Williams will officiate with Evelyn Blair as maid of honor and William Giles as best man. Miss Winslow is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Tom Winslow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welch Memorial Church
Mildred Winslow
High Point
Ray Giles
J. D. Williams
Evelyn Blair
William Giles
Miss Winslow
Tom Winslow
New Year Book Issued For State Jewish Groups
The 1938 39 Year Book of the North Carolina Association of Jewish Women and the North Carolina Association of Jewish Men is issued. It details the May 12 1938 Asheville convention, lists officers and members, and outlines district directors and the groups’ outreach including citizenship help and Jewish student support. President Mrs Maurice Honigman leads the women and Arthur Goodman leads the men. The year plans include September 14 1938 Greensboro meeting and an April 16–17 1939 Goldsboro convention. The organization dates to January 1921 with Goldsboro as its origin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina Association of Jewish Women
North Carolina
Charlotte
Hillel Foundation
Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina
Greensboro
Goldsboro
Mr. Bel Well
Lutheran Delegates Attend Synod Summer School in North Carolina
Seven delegates from Emanuel Lutheran church left yesterday to join the annual summer school for church workers of the Lutheran Synods of North and South Carolina and Georgia Alabama. The session runs July 23 to 29 at Blue Ridge Assembly Grounds Black Mountain North Carolina. Attending are Misses Elizabeth Cooper Frances Sloop Louise Southern Gaynell Conrad Eloise Haney and Mrs. Robert Conrad and David Cooper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmanuel Lutheran Church
Church Workers
Lutheran Synods of
North and South Carolina
Georgia-Alabama
Whch
Blue Ridge Assembly Grounds
Black Mountain
N. C
Elizabeth Cooper
Frances Sloop
Louise Southern
Gaynell Conrad
Eloise Haney
Robert Conrad
David Cooper
Miss Manly Becomes Bride Of Ray Lanier In Danville
Miss Alta Evelyn Manly and Raymond Lanier wed in Danville Virginia on Friday July 16 1938 with Rev F R Chernault officiating. The bride wore white lace and chiffon with white accessories and was attended by Mr and Mrs John Fred Taylor. After a wedding trip to Washington DC and other points north the couple resides at 804 Thissell Street. Other local items include postponement of Alpha Theta Psi alumni meeting to August 8 at the home of Mrs Tyree Nabors and notices of Legion Auxiliary meeting and births of James Donald Samuels and Jean Elaine Harriss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alta Evelyn Manly
Raymond Lanier
Danville
John Fred Taylor
Cty
Lanier
M. 8. Manly
High Point
Alpha Theta Psi Sorority
High Point College
Tyree Nabors
Carl Samuels
James Donald
Thissell Street
Mrs Zillah Hopkins Named General Secretary of YWCA
Mrs Zillah R Hopkins has accepted the post of general secretary for the High Point YWCA. A native of Danville Kentucky she is Mount Holyoke and University of Cincinnati trained with social work experience at Stewart Hall and overseas study. Miss Leslie Johnson will lead until Hopkins arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carter Dalton
Zillah R. Hopkins
Nelle Ansley
Honolulu
Hawaii
Hopkins
Dalton
Danville
Mount Holyoke College
South Hadley
Mass
University of Cincinnati
Stewart Hall
Staunton
Spain
France
Switzerland
Italy
High Point
Center College
Ansley
Leslie Johnson
Spanish War Veterans Ball At Sedgefield Set For Gala Night
The Percy Gray camp and auxiliary plan a gala Spanish War Veterans Ball at Sedgefield Manor on Tuesday. UT musicians Dick Jones and his Collegians will play with Archie McIntyre and Red Watson in novelty numbers, plus UT Glee Club vocals. Proceeds support Guilford county needy veterans. guests include J. M. Mabrey and Nina May Isely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sedgefield Manor
Percy Gray
Dick Jones
Collegians
University of Tennessee
Archie McIntyre
Red” Watson
W. L. York
David W. Chauns
Chauns School of Dancing
High Point
Carmen
Ita
Myre. York
Greensboro
Dorsey W. Jones
Nina May Isely
Guilford County
Bridge Party In Greensboro Honors Miss Idol
A High Point bride elect, Miss Beas Idol, was honored at a Greensboro bridge party hosted by Mrs. Clyde Ritch and Miss Bebe Knight. The event featured three tables of bridge, prizes, tea, and a bridal green and white motif with a wedding pattern gift for the bride elect. The party preceded Miss Idol’s August 6 wedding to Charlies S. Cable of Guilford College and Detroit, with a Central Friends Church ceremony planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beas Idol
Greensboro
Clyde Ritch
Bebe Knight
Waverly Way
Miss Idol
Idol
Mesdames Scott Parker
Glenn Smith
John W. Clinard, Jr
Paul Sanders
Mise Annabella King
William Coble
Clara Coble
Guilford College
J. T. Barnee
Asheboro
Katherine Kelster
Gladys Draper
Leslie Murphy
J. J. Idol
Mattie Idol
Charlies
Cable
Detroit
Mich
Central Friends Church
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Damsels’ Clique
Mildred Maresh
Jimmy Groome
Betty Sechrest
Henry Baker
Jeanne Rankin
Floyd Evans
Helen Crowder
Whitey Watts
Dorothy McCall
Carey Ilderton
Betsy Dean Wagner
Pete Holt
Jane Austin
Charles Earnhardt
Joe Welborn
Joe Whitley
Vernon von Drehle
David Parker
Chandler
Edgar Hartley, Jr
Mies Carter
Rodney Snow
Rankin Memorial C. B
Christian Endeavor Society
Rankin Memorial P. Church
Millie Moore
Tueasday
Hayden
Mangum Avenue
Hazel Wade
Stacey
Park and Lake
Main Street
Woman's Missionary Auxiliary of
M. EB
Lebanon
M. P. Church
Martha Patterson
Larkin Street
Penny Wingfield
Shirley Welborne
Jesus
Phipps
Calvary M. EB
Mesdames Harris and
Ledwell
White Oak Street
Presbyterian Women's Committee
Presbyterian Woman's Auxiliary
Charis
Ted
Brad
R. H. Gunn
Monthieu Avenue
J. C. Garrick
Best Street Telephone
Asheboro Club
Beirmeister
Elwood Beirmeister
Boonton
New Jersey
Randall Gray Brown
Claude Ray Brown
Randall Gray
Silk Street
Hampton-Ayers
Leatrice Lindley
Ewing-Neill
Jamestown Church
Sarah Webster
Quitman, Ga
A. 8. Caldwell, Jr
Maom
Frances McCrary
M. 8. Hall
Patricia Jane Hall
Montheu Avenue
New York City
Troy
N. Y
Nyack-on-the-Hudson
Glenn Stagner
Nashville
Tenn
Cora Matthews
Jamestown
Virginia Matthews
D. W. Hunter
Greenway Drive
Herman
Burrus Memorial Hospital
Paul Cates
Phillips Street
Uwharrie
Mary Powell
Wilmington
Wrightsville
Carolina
J. W. Potts
Betty Ann
Campbell Street
Potts
William Stiles
Illinois
D. L. Batchelor
Kathleen
Helen Meredith
Kimesville Lake
Alamance
R. D
M. L. Carter
Hansell Street
Piedmont Clinic
Julia Faye Setliff
E.S. Eagleston
Waynesboro
Raymond Lindley
Bristol
A. J
Spike) Newby
Guilford General Hospital
J. B. Stowe
Mrs
A. C. Ward
East Green Street
Carl W. Nelson
Willowbrook Street
Cora Stansill Long
Rockingham
H. 8. Hartzell
Guilford Avenue
Synod
Blue Ridge Assembly
Miss Manly
Ray Lanier
Danville, Virginia
Alpha Theta Psi
Jean Elaine Harriss
R. W. Harriss
Steele Street
Jean Elaine
Zillah R Hopkins
YWCA
Wesley Memorial Church
Embree H. Blackard
Wesley Memorial
Misa Mattie Idol
Coble
Annabella King
J. Paul Sanders
Hillcrest Drive
Lexington
George Coble
W. BE. Fullers
W. E. Fuller
Walter E., Jr
Fuller
Estelle Griggs
Wadesboro
Bon
W. J. Blair
William Ivey, Jr
Clover Hill Farm
Route One
Donald W. Johnson
Alton W. Johnson
Donald Wiley
Johnson
Leora Spivey
Seagrove
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